пичкать

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, of unclear etymology, and not obviously related to пита́ть (pitátʹ, to feed), пи́ща (píšča, food).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲit͡ɕkətʲ]

Verb

пи́чкать (píčkatʹ) impf (perfective напи́чкать)

  1. (colloquial) to overfeed (usually forcibly or against someone's desires)
  2. (colloquial, transitive) to overdose, to give too much medicine to (someone)
  3. (colloquial) to stuff, to cram (someone with useless or unnecessary knowledge or information)
  4. (colloquial) to oversupply (useless or unnecessary knowledge or information)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • запи́чкать pf (zapíčkatʹ)
  • напи́чкать pf (napíčkatʹ)
  • упи́чкать pf (upíčkatʹ)
  • пи́чканье (píčkanʹje), пи́чкание (píčkanije)
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